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The character 嗝 is a phono-semantic compound meaning a hiccup or belch. Its left side uses the semantic radical 口, indicating an action related to the mouth. The right side is the phonetic component 鬲, which provides the pronunciation "gé" and originally referred to an ancient cooking vessel, a meaning not reflected in its modern use. 嗝 is common in spoken and informal written Chinese, often appearing in the phrase 打嗝 (dǎgé), to hiccup or belch.
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